7687 Matthias

Matthias
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
Discovery site on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation 7687
2099 P-L
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22811 days (62.45 yr)
Aphelion 2.5324560 AU (378.85003 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0079622 AU (300.38687 Gm)
2.270209 AU (339.6184 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1155166
3.42 yr (1249.4 d)
261.07109°
0° 17m 17.308s / day
Inclination 5.776593°
199.13402°
333.33193°
Earth MOID 1.01449 AU (151.766 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.4405 AU (365.09 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.598
Physical characteristics
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    General

    (7687) Matthias (2099 P-L) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by Tom Gehrels.

    Citation from the MPCs

    Named in honor of Matthias Busch (b. 1968), amateur astronomer at the Starkenburg Observatory in Heppenheim who has made a substantial contribution to the astrometry of minor planets. He is an ardent follow-up observer of near-earth objects and a keen developer of astronomical software. Name proposed by L. D. Schmadel.

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "7687 Matthias (2099 P-L)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

    External links

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